Show Hand, a popular card game often featured in Hong Kong gambling movies, is also known as Crab, or more formally, Five Card Stud. In this game, victory is determined by the arrangement and combination of five cards.
The basic hand rankings, from highest to lowest, are: Straight Flush, Four of a Kind, Full House, Flush, Straight, Three of a Kind, Two Pair, One Pair, and High Card. The suit ranking is Spades (highest), then Hearts, Clubs, and Diamonds (lowest). For card values, Ace is highest, and Two is lowest. (A Full House consists of three cards of one rank and two cards of another rank.)
A standard deck contains 54 cards, including two Jokers. Once the Jokers are removed, 52 cards remain. Thus, a maximum of ten people can play Show Hand simultaneously.
